We had one billionaire, Mark Zuckerberg, put in more money to run the election than the federal government did.
Now we have to pause and make sure that the election was conducted lawfully, which it was not, and also whether we can have faith in the result.
— Phillip Kline (@PhillDKline) December 26, 2020
A lawsuit cites massive election interference facilitated by private donations made by Facebook head Mark Zuckerberg.
The tech CEO, through his philanthropic Center for Tech and Civic Life, contributed $400 million to local and state governments for get-out-the-vote efforts. Those efforts have been dramatically skewed toward Democratic voters, plaintiffs in the suit allege.
From the court filing:
“For example, CTCL provided funds to 100% of the Pennsylvania counties carried by Hillary Clinton in 2016, including over $10 million to Philadelphia County. The charity required the heavily Democratic county to establish 800 “satellite” voting locations and implement the drop box collection of ballots. In neighboring Democratic Delaware County, Pennsylvania one drop box was available for every 4,000 voters and one drop box was placed for every four-square-miles.”
“On the other hand, President Trump carried 59 of 67 Pennsylvania counties in 2016. CTCL contributed to 22% of those counties providing much smaller grants. There was one drop box for every 72,000 voters and every 1,159 square-miles in those counties.”
The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia by the conservative Wisconsin Voters Alliance, and has since been joined by similar groups and lawmakers in several different states.
It demands legislatures in 5 battleground states (Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Georgia and Arizona) certify their electors before Congress votes on whether to accept them on Jan. 6.